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LR 4079
Item 1

 
1. Notice of failure to report. The Secretary of State shall
send notice by certified mail on or before January 15th 5th of
each year to any board that has failed to report pursuant to
section 12005-A.

 
2. Legislative repeal of inactive boards. The Secretary of
State shall submit legislation to the joint standing committee of
the Legislature having jurisdiction over state government matters
on or before March 2nd January 15th in the first regular session
of each biennium to repeal those boards that have not reported on
their activities to the Secretary of State under this section or
section 12005-A during either of the prior 2 calendar years or
have been inactive during the preceding 24 months.

 
Sec. 48. 5 MRSA §12009, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. Y,
§105, is further amended to read:

 
1. Report to Commissioner of Administrative and Financial
Services. The Secretary of State, by January 30th 15th of each
year, shall submit to the Commissioner of Administrative and
Financial Services a list of the boards, with the name and
address of each clerk who failed to report as required in section
12005-A.

 
Sec. 49. 5 MRSA §12015, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 814, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 50. 5 MRSA §13127, as amended by PL 1999, c. 556, §7, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 51. 5 MRSA §13128, as amended by PL 1989, c. 903, §3, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 52. 5 MRSA §13129, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. E, §20,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 53. 5 MRSA §13130, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1993, c. 410, Pt. E,
§21, is further amended to read:

 
4. Use and administration of trust. Trust funds must be used
to provide grants to meet the purposes of this section.
Administration of the awards is pursuant to section 13129. In
addition, the The foundation shall administer the trust as
follows.

 
A. Unless otherwise specified by the source of a contribution to
the trust, 50% of a contribution to the trust must be deposited
in a principal account and maintained as a permanent endowment.
The income earned on funds held in this account, combined with
the remaining 50%


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